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WSJ seeks a logistics reporter

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover logistics, supply chain and freight transportation issues, trends and news for the professional Logistics Report, with an eye toward how developments in logistics and shipping reflect broader trends in economic and trade growth.

Specific areas of coverage, both domestic and international, include:

Logistics and supply chain strategies by major manufacturers and retailers, including management of inventories, trade and production in response to economic and trade trends
U.S. seaports participating in international trade, including trends and strategies in automation, labor relations, infrastructure development and port services
Transportation investment, including venture-capital backing for logistics-focused technology companies
Global logistics management companies
Sustainability, including issues involving sourcing of production materials

The position is responsible for writing two to four stories per week for posting to the Logistics Report and wsj.com as well as periodic features on broader trends. The position will also participate in writing, proofreading and publishing the daily Logistics Report newsletter as needed.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.